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Tetanus vaccine is safe for mothers

Kenya: Immunising against tetanus is one of the strategies that the World Health Organisation (a United Nations body formed to look at world health) recommends as among the integrated management of pregnancy and childbirth. Annually, 110,000 deaths occur as a result of tetanus infection on children.

WHO says a tetanus vaccine also known as TT/Td is safe to give during pregnancy.

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